2 teens in custody in connection with plot to kill family members; mother critically injured

2 teens in custody in connection with plot to kill family members; mother critically injured

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Updated: 1:01 PM CDT Jul 20, 2018

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WEBVTT LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, WHO ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING. TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT AT BUT ONE PERSON WAS SHOT. THIS STORY HAS SOME WILD ELEMENTS TO IT. A 15 -- 15-YEAR-OLD AND HER BOYFRIEND HAD COME UP WITH A PLAN T -- THAT’S WHEN THE DUO TOOK OFF. BOTH OF THOSE TEEN

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2 teens in custody in connection with plot to kill family members; mother critically injured

Two teenagers are in custody Friday in connection with a plot to kill the parents and sister of one of the teens at a home in Lincoln County, officials with the sheriff’s office confirmed.According to Sheriff Charlie Doughtery, a 15-year-old girl and her 18-year-old boyfriend came up with a plot to kill the girl's mother, father and a sister at their Chandler house so, “they could live happily ever after."According to the Sheriff's Office, the girl had spoken to her mother earlier Thursday evening about her going through the process to become emancipated. But the mother disapproved.Investigators said they believe the pair then plotted a triple homicide. The 18-year-old had planned to shoot and kill the girl's father and mother, while the girl was going to shoot and kill her older sister. The two, both armed with handguns, reportedly waited until after everybody went to bed and got in the house.Authorities said the 18-year-old entered the parents' bedroom and shot at the father first, but missed. He then shot at the mother, striking her in the head and hand. A bullet went through the mother's head and into her face, according to the Sheriff’s office.The sister was not injured, according to the Sheriff's Office. The father called 911 and the pair took off. Authorities took the 18-year-old into custody at his home in Pottawatomie County. Both teens are in custody at the sheriff’s office.The mother was taken to OU Medical Center and is in critical condition.

LINCOLN COUNTY, Okla. —

Two teenagers are in custody Friday in connection with a plot to kill the parents and sister of one of the teens at a home in Lincoln County, officials with the sheriff’s office confirmed.

According to Sheriff Charlie Doughtery, a 15-year-old girl and her 18-year-old boyfriend came up with a plot to kill the girl's mother, father and a sister at their Chandler house so, “they could live happily ever after."

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According to the Sheriff's Office, the girl had spoken to her mother earlier Thursday evening about her going through the process to become emancipated. But the mother disapproved.

Investigators said they believe the pair then plotted a triple homicide. The 18-year-old had planned to shoot and kill the girl's father and mother, while the girl was going to shoot and kill her older sister.

The two, both armed with handguns, reportedly waited until after everybody went to bed and got in the house.

Authorities said the 18-year-old entered the parents' bedroom and shot at the father first, but missed. He then shot at the mother, striking her in the head and hand. A bullet went through the mother's head and into her face, according to the Sheriff’s office.

The sister was not injured, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The father called 911 and the pair took off. Authorities took the 18-year-old into custody at his home in Pottawatomie County. Both teens are in custody at the sheriff’s office.

The mother was taken to OU Medical Center and is in critical condition.